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Although DISH pioneered multi-room viewing with the inclusion of a "Home Distribution" output on their receivers (going back to at least 2006's 622) the term "MRV" has been used more on the other side of the fence.

The term is just beginning to make inroads on the DISH side of the fence.

selecting BB or on demand would initially fail on my 2 joeys after these hopper/joey SW upgrades, returning to prior active channel display, but normal function on the hopper. resolved by hard resets on each joey. now the hopper has done the same twice, cleared by soft resets, didn't check the joeys these times. don't recall having this problem with prior SW upgrades on either the hopper or joeys

Looks like PTAT on my Hopper is seriously screwed up since getting 221. It is not automatically saving ANY new recordings, and it also appears to be arbitrarily deleting some saved ones when the 8 day window expires.

I had two episodes of Grimm saved, and went to watch the season premiere today, but found it gone. It was recorded nine days ago. So then I got curious, and went to the timer schedule to see what it was going to do for the next episode. It showed the episode as skipped, even though it is clearly a new episode. Then I checked several other summer shows I have set up to save new eps from PTAT, and ALL of them are showing up as skipped. Prior to 221, they showed up correctly on the schedule, and of course, the were actually saved.

I am not a happy camper right now.

Just a quick update - I confirmed that it is definitely PTAT that is the problem. If I disable PTAT, and then check the timer schedule, the recordings show up correctly. Re-enable it, and they show up as skipped. Oh, and I have two Hoppers, and both do the same thing (although I don't normally have PTAT enabled on the second Hopper).

Just a quick update - I confirmed that it is definitely PTAT that is the problem. If I disable PTAT, and then check the timer schedule, the recordings show up correctly. Re-enable it, and they show up as skipped. Oh, and I have two Hoppers, and both do the same thing (although I don't normally have PTAT enabled on the second Hopper).

Sorry if this seems like a dumb question... but isn't this how PTAT is supposed to work?

If you enable PTAT, then timers set for PrimeTime LiLs should be skipped UNLESS you specifically mark that you want to save them... IF you had done this before, maybe the glitch is that S221 undid your setting to override PTAT on the timers?

Also, out of curiosity... I've seen some screens that look like IF you have some things recorded via PTAT that there is a "Save" and a "Save series" option... is it possible that IF you let PTAT record a show, like Grimm, then on that recording choose "Save series" instead of setting a timer that it will do what you wanted it to do?

On a semi-related note... NBC sometimes has their shows in the On Demand section, and usually free when they are... so you might want to check there for the episode that you missed that was already deleted.

Sorry if this seems like a dumb question... but isn't this how PTAT is supposed to work?

If you enable PTAT, then timers set for PrimeTime LiLs should be skipped UNLESS you specifically mark that you want to save them... IF you had done this before, maybe the glitch is that S221 undid your setting to override PTAT on the timers?

Also, out of curiosity... I've seen some screens that look like IF you have some things recorded via PTAT that there is a "Save" and a "Save series" option... is it possible that IF you let PTAT record a show, like Grimm, then on that recording choose "Save series" instead of setting a timer that it will do what you wanted it to do?

On a semi-related note... NBC sometimes has their shows in the On Demand section, and usually free when they are... so you might want to check there for the episode that you missed that was already deleted.

What "save series" does is create a normal timer for "new and reruns"Timers for PTAT shows you want to save will show skipped (probably because they won't use a separate tuner) but they will be in both your recordings folder and the PTAT folder.

What "save series" does is create a normal timer for "new and reruns"Timers for PTAT shows you want to save will show skipped (probably because they won't use a separate tuner) but they will be in both your recordings folder and the PTAT folder.

But they aren't showing up in my recordings. And pre-221 they didn't show as skipped in the timer schedule, at least on my Hopper.

And "save series" gives you the option (just as any normal timer) to save "new only" or "new and reruns".

No, it does NOT, you have to go to your timers and edit if you want to change from new & reruns to only new.

I think we're talking about different methods of setting up the timer. You are probably talking about saving the series from the PTAT folder. I was talking about saving it from the guide. Both methods create a timer, but using the guide gives you the same options as any other timer.

But, this is a side issue. The real problem is that PTAT recording, NEW recordings, which should be added to the My Recordings folder, are not getting added. They are still in the PTAT folder, and I can manually save them, but that is an unacceptable workaround.

But, this is a side issue. The real problem is that PTAT recording, NEW recordings, which should be added to the My Recordings folder, are not getting added. They are still in the PTAT folder, and I can manually save them, but that is an unacceptable workaround.

IF there is an individual timer set up for a PTAT show:The event will show up as "skipped" in the Daily Schedule (Skipped: PrimeTime Anytime Event)The event will record as part of PTAT ... and show up in both the My Recordings and PrimeTime Anytime folders.After the "8 days" (which can be set for as little as two days in Settings) the event will be removed from the PrimeTime Anytime folder - but will remain in the My Recordings folder until deleted.

Deletion from My Recordings could come from exceeding the number of "kept" programs or manual deletion. Or it could come from having a full hard drive (doubtful on a newer machine, but some may fill their drives).

If a program is skipped for any other reason than "PrimeTime Anytime Event" (for example, "Not a New Episode") it will not be saved in the My Recordings folder.

Recordings ARE NOT showing up in the My Recordings folder. They ARE showing in the PTAT folder, and I can manually save them. But if I don't manually save them, at the end of the 8 day window they are gone, and I have no way to see them.

Yes, I've already checked all of the things you suggested. The timers were set, and they did show up in the schedule as Skipped: PTAT event.

I'm beginning to think that something just got confused when my Hopper upgraded to 221. I have just tried doing "reset" of all of the PTAT/timer settings. I turned off PTAT, deleted my timers, turned PTAT back on, and recreated the timers. I'll keep an eye on things this week to see if things behave any differently.

[Update]

I've been monitoring my PTAT timers since my "reset", and it looks like everything is working again. At least, the three shows that should have been saved to My Programs this week were all correctly saved. Still not sure exactly what caused the problem, but it appears to be gone now.

H221 J271 Two of my Joeys intermittantly black out for about 3 to 30 seconds, anyone else having an issue? MoCA shows all 4 green bars. I am running two hoppers and 3 Joeys and this is happening on Joeys attached to two different Hoppers

I recently switched from 722 to Hopper and had backed up most DVR content to an external hard disk. Now that the recordings are restored to Hopper, some of the shows with multiple episodes won't play. I can get More Info on the recording but then hit Watch and get nothing but a black screen. I then hit the DVR button and go back into the same More Info and instead of info get the red error message, "A problem was encountered when opening the files for this DVR event. Please note the Error Code: 04." So Hopper is busily corrupting the files. Anyone have a workaround for this?

Today my Daily Schedule is full of No Info Available instead of the program names, except for Primetime Anytime. This is causing wrong recording end times, reruns to be recorded instead of skipped, and lots of conflicts. Reset didn't cure it. Anyone else see this?